HEADS CAROLINA, TAILS CALIFORNIA
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JO DEE MESSINA
From the album, "Jo Dee Messina" Curb/EMI
Transcribed by Darragh Egan. I am fairly new to the guitar
(and especially to transcribing) so there may be some errors.
Please send any questions, comments, or corrections regarding
this submission to
NOTES: Each letter represents one full bar (4 beats).
Beginners like me may find it easier to put a capo at the second
fret and play the progression as: D A G A
HEADS CAROLINA, TAILS CALIFORNIA -- JO DEE MESSINA
INTRO: E B A B E B A B
[VERSE 1]
E B A B
Baby, what do you say we just get lost?
E B A B
Leave this one horse townlike two rebels without a cause.
E B A B
I got people in Boston. Ain't your daddy still in Des Moines?
E B A B
We can pack up tomorrow. Tonight, let's flip a coin.
CHORUS: E B
Heads, Carolina - Tails, California.
A B
Somewhere greener - somewhere warmer.
E B
Up in the mountains - down by the ocean.
A B
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
E B
Somewhere together. I've got a quarter.
A B
Heads, Carolina - Tails, California.
BREAK: E B A B [LEADING INTO VERSE 2]
We can [E]load what we own in the [B]back of a U-haul [A]van. [B]
Couple [E]modern day Moses', [B]searchin for the promised [A]land. [B]
We can [E]go four hundred [B]miles before we stop for [A]gas. [B]
We can [E]drive for a day, [B] and then we'll take a look at the [A]map. [B]
[CHORUS]
BREAK: E B A B E B A B [LEADING INTO VERSE 3]
We're gonna [E]get outta here if we [B]gotta ride a Greyhound [A]bus. [B]
Boy, we're [E]bound to outrun the [B]bad luck that's tailin' [A]us. [B]
[CHORUS]
OUTRO:
E B A B E B A B E B A B E B A B
O---oh, California! Carolina! California!
[FADE OUT]